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Toplines - West Virginia Special Election - July 8, 2010

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West Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 8, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

18% Strongly approve
17% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
51% Strongly disapprove
  0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Joe Manchin has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

      

       40% Strongly approve

       37% Somewhat approve

       14% Somewhat disapprove

         9% Strongly disapprove

         1% Not sure

 

3* 2010 Special Senate Election Race

 

Shelley Moore Capito (R)

39%

Joe Manchin (D)

53%

Some other candidate

3%

Not sure

5%

 

Betty Ireland (R)

26%

Joe Manchin (D)

65%

Some other candidate

3%

Not sure

6%

 

4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

 

Candidate for the Michigan Governor Race

Very Favorable

Somewhat Favorable

Somewhat Unfavorable

Very Unfavorable

Not sure

Capito

29%

30%

23%

11%

8%

Manchin

41%

39%

12%

6%

2%

Ireland

8%

37%

24%

10%

21%

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence